Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-28

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These perspns Iiyina In the hiahsr
parts Of the city Who climbed 20 their
homes aUay along TIE snail huzFs Of
taeeday n1Rht noticed . strange liRhs
moving hithsE and thifhar ID unssFtain
olFsatieos owes ne sAce Of the dAxk and
silent bay Ths liRht was l0w down.
euoentiy not att8edsd % q snip. and
WY anybo1y gsuld Be oat % tks bay
q 2 small boat q that boar Of the
niRns was Q qnestion nos rsadily Al
tlEn1S tor theEe wsfe more than onel
stop Aad remain sin for siDs. move
baok and forth nneaaiiy, then arow sill
aRain and thea mopo awaE % 4 distance
y repeat the same myEesrious noxs-
0enta. Bat tie watchers went puzzied
q bed for No explanation VS. eivon
them.
A PREcAUTIoz.
On Tuesday afssrDoon Ooiouei sTims
5teel enisled Q Paei6e avenue Al
magket and said 10 the prourietor: II
want % have eenae sacks Of oysters d.
liveEed heEe. Is thai al riRhsfD
Certsinly," answered the 6sh man.
Gan yoo keep perfectly quies about
20 srtainly.S
Tho oyslsrs wers delivered where
lhey would saqss the leasl questions 20
- asked. and shortly after niehtfall |
they we're again loaded UPON O wagon
knd taken % the wharf, Gus on Q boat
there found In readiness, and II these |
same people Who live IN the higher |
parts Of tbs town and Who vent 10 bed |
paxxied about the mFasarioas uove- |
ments Of thoss lights UPON the bay % |
late Ct night, had Rons 60 their homes |
earlier than they aid, snA on tie way
looked down. they could have seen the |
same lighAs moving In the same mysts- |
Rlons nanner even then. For it vas an |
al. night job. Bat those Who vent TO |
bed early aud thoss vho went to bed |
late. Wsfe equally surprised when they |
awoke in the morning 20 learn that |
Colonel Jim Steal had not besu 10 bed |
g all. and that be and the lights and |
the oysters had been out on the bay 1
making
FLANK MovKMKNT
On ths Tacoma Land Oompany's piles,
- walsh he nov claimed . good title |
70 twenty acres Of tide hsts. The lights |
we're those Of surveying party. Who |
staked OF the twenty acres. and the |
planters Who scattered toe oysters.
In tbs gray eaFiy light Of she morning /
the naRniacent proportions OF OoIenel
Steal doomed up over the ridge Of Pacific /
avenue. his radiant facs shaming she /
sun into hiding. He haA Q new clay
pipe In his mouth, and although the /
match with which be tried 10 Light Il ct /
the breezy point, went out niaeteen |
times, be evfnced not the slightest i'm
patience, but talked unreserVedly.
When the PosT-INTRI.EEoENoKs man |
said: Il hear you have gone into tha
oyster buainaas,p be answered, "Yee,n
AZ once and glanced oui towards the /
line Of piles Ia the bay.
what ve need more than any thing
else In this cOutFy ere Oystsra." observed
the man.
'Trus," said Colonel stsel, 81 have
planted some 10 sacks ] had ordered |
1l9 sacks bat they had not arriv ed. The
others are coming. shall have quite
farm out there"
"What kind have you planted?"
II bgouRht what have already plant
cd from ShOalwateF Bay, bat sn 60
ing 70 experiment with ths Chesapeake
oysters. l have
can LOAD COMING
Out uodef the direction of the Fish
Commission. You see Il has been the
experience with Eastern oysters that
they will grow and fatten here, but will
nst propagate. am going TO expert
ment, however, and hope 70 grow the
bic, old fashioned oyster"
"You will, / suppose. allow the Land
Company 20 remove the piles they have
driven with 90 mach care and pre-
cisionf''
"Well, am going TO make PROPOSE
ton to the company With view Of pur-
chasing them. / think Of erecting Q
baEbed wirs fence around the property
for the purpose Of keeping out the star
fish which destroys the oysters. The
piles would come In handy for that"
II is generally understood In the city
that Steel vas the hrst 10 move 10 the
matter Of fencing In the tide nats With
piles, and that bis plans beng eiven /
away on the street, the Land Company
started 70 work and the memorable race
between the two forces resulted. when
the story OF his nights Werk had be-
come we'll circulated and the fact that
he had encroachea upon the Land Gem
pany's preserves and actually claimed
them was known, IL took even the inter
est oct Of politics. As for she Land
Company, those In position 10 speak
for Il soOf at the idea that Steel can
bold his claim. e.. they say, IL IL per
fectl, clear that the object is not 10
plant and grow oysters. bus simply to |
eet possession Of the land. No court Il
uili sustain bis 81 iim."
Following is . copy Of the Law under
which Steel elatms the water front.
THE o4srER Law.
Section lle9. Of an cot approved Nov.
s, 1877, 10 encourage the cultivation |
OF oysters. Any person, being ftizep |
Of this Territory, Who has planted, or |
Who may hereafter plant oysters, In any |
bAy or arm Of the SEA where there are |
no natural b. De Of oysters within or |
bordering on this Territory, may acquire |
hy conforming 10 the reouirmenaa Of |
AHA title 90 exclusive right for snch q |
purpose 70 that portion Of sach bay or
arm Of the ssa a. Re shall 90 occapy,
rot sxoseding fer ans one person an
area Of more than % acres: Provided,
that no person eF persons shall locate or
cause to be located oyster beds IN any
var interfering With the free use and
privilege Of any person or persons cot
ting timber or logging OF conveying said
| loQa 20 market.
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